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Leishmania infantum Amastigotes Enhance HIV-1 Production in Cocultures of Human Dendritic Cells and CD4(+) T Cells by Inducing Secretion of IL-6 and TNF-α

BACKGROUND: Visceral leishmaniasis has emerged as an important opportunistic disease among patients infected with HIV-1. Both HIV-1 and the protozoan parasite Leishmania can productively infect cells of the macrophage-dendritic cell lineage. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: Here we demonstrate that L...

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Autores principales: Garg, Ravendra, Barat, Corinne, Ouellet, Michel, Lodge, Robert, Tremblay, Michel J.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2680485/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19468304
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000441